Carl Borgstrøm

Norwegian linguist

Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm
Born	1909
Died	1986
Nationality	Norwegian
Known for	work in Scottish Gaelic linguistics
Scientific career
Fields	linguistics, Celtic studies
Institutions	University of Oslo

Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm (1909–1986) was a Norwegian professor of Indo-European linguistics who made significant contributions to the scientific study of Scottish Gaelic and Irish.^[1]^[2]

His key publications on Scottish Gaelic include:

(1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap 8
(1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of the Outer Hebrides Oslo University Press
(1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland. The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire Oslo University Press

References

^ "Carl Hjalmar Borgstrøm". Store Norske Lekiskon (in Norwegian). 6 December 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
^ "Irish Researchers and Writers". University of Duisburg. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 15 April 2012.